LEADER 03620nam 2200697 a 450 001 9910461705003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8147-4491-5 010 $a0-8147-4490-7 024 7 $a10.18574/9780814744901 035 $a(CKB)2670000000155486 035 $a(EBL)865618 035 $a(OCoLC)779828144 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000657770 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11384041 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000657770 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10657148 035 $a(PQKB)10326640 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001326778 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC865618 035 $a(OCoLC)787848547 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse19844 035 $a(DE-B1597)548085 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780814744901 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL865618 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10541098 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000155486 100 $a20111020d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aOne marriage under God$b[electronic resource] $ethe campaign to promote marriage in America /$fMelanie Heath 210 $aNew York $cNew York University Press$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (275 p.) 225 1 $aIntersections 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8147-3713-7 311 $a0-8147-3712-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aUnite! marriage and American identity -- The stakes of gender and heterosexuality -- Widening the marriage gap -- Teaching marriage to single mothers and inmates -- Marriage recitals in high school -- Contesting Native American marriage. 330 $aThe meaning and significance of the institution of marriage has engendered angry and boisterous battles across the United States. While the efforts of lesbians and gay men to make marriage accessible to same-sex couples have seen increasing success, these initiatives have sparked a backlash as campaigns are waged to ?protect? heterosexual marriage in America. Less in the public eye is government legislation that embraces the idea of marriage promotion as a necessary societal good. In this timely and extensive study of marriage politics, Melanie Heath uncovers broad cultural anxieties that fuel on-the-ground practices to reinforce a boundary of heterosexual marriage, questioning why marriage has become an issue of pervasive national preoccupation and anxiety, and explores the impact of policies that seek to reinstitutionalize heterosexual marriage in American society. From marriage workshops for the general public to relationship classes for welfare recipients to marriage education in high school classrooms, One Marriage Under God documents in meticulous detail the inner workings of ideologies of gender and heterosexuality in the practice of marriage promotion to fortify a concept of ?one marriage,? an Anglo-American ideal of Christian, heterosexual monogamy. 410 0$aIntersections (New York, N.Y.) 606 $aMarriage$zUnited States 606 $aMarriage$xReligious aspects$xChristianity 606 $aHeterosexuality$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xSocial conditions 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aMarriage 615 0$aMarriage$xReligious aspects$xChristianity. 615 0$aHeterosexuality 676 $a306.810973 700 $aHeath$b Melanie$01037330 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910461705003321 996 $aOne marriage under God$92458241 997 $aUNINA